A friend the other day mentioned that in her opinion, Walmart's kettle style chips have no equal. I'm not a Walmart shopper so I'll probably never find out by my own design, but I'll just throw that out there.

For me, doesn't get any better than regular Ruffles.

My wine shopping and I have never had a problem. Just a perpetual race between the bankruptcy court and Hell.--Rogov

Seems like a useless review to me. Firstly, and most importantly, TJ does not make their own food; they pay the makers to re-brand their own products. So, somebody won this competition but it wasn't TJ.

Secondly, a lot of those brands are local/regional brands. Certainly that's true for Herr's and Utz. If you live outside the region then this comparison has no traction for your marketplace.

A friend the other day mentioned that in her opinion, Walmart's kettle style chips have no equal. I'm not a Walmart shopper so I'll probably never find out by my own design, but I'll just throw that out there.

Jenise, not a Wallmart shopper either, for many reasons. Gene does go there to pick up thistle food for our yellow finches and he hates the chore.Like Jeff said TJ's chips come for somewhere else, probably the same with Walmart. My guess, there are a lot of chips carrying different names but made by the same company.Here is another taste test where TJ's comes out the looser.http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/05/taste-test-potato-chips.html

Have I mentioned that it isn't hard to make your own potato chips at home? You don't even need a deep fryer. Just slice the potatoes thinly (use a mandoline), brush them very lightly with oil, spread them out on a plate, and zap them in the microwave for about a minute. You do have to watch them because they will burn fast.

I usually make 3 or 4 platefuls before I let anybody know that I started.

Jeff Grossman/NYC wrote:Have I mentioned that it isn't hard to make your own potato chips at home? You don't even need a deep fryer. Just slice the potatoes thinly (use a mandoline), brush them very lightly with oil, spread them out on a plate, and zap them in the microwave for about a minute. You do have to watch them because they will burn fast.

I usually make 3 or 4 platefuls before I let anybody know that I started.

Nice. Sounds good, easy, and well worth trying (especially because you can get better control over ingredients than with commercial chips).

The kettle style chips sold at Jimmy John's are my favorites (can't remember the brand), but haven't met a kettle cooked chip I didn't like. Lays kettle cooked are quite good too - their roasted garlic and parmesan chips are just awesome.

"The sun, with all those planets revolving about it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do"Galileo Galilei

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I keep them out of site, but Gene is always underweight and the Doc wants to see a weight gain, and that is one thing I know he goes for at lunch. Sometimes I have to remind him they are there. On the first day of each new year, I allow us to have a dip, either onion or clam. He grabs a nibble now and then, maybe three or four bites. I eat the rest! I make it early in the day so it, put in refer and count the hours until I can have it. It is a sickness, I tell you!